Lentwood
Full Member
Jesus. I thought Arsenal Fan TV was misrepresentative of Arsenal fans but turns out there are more than a few!Mourinho knew exactly what he was doing today. Defending the centre of the park is the most important thing when it comes to beating Arsenal and dropping (read: 'resting') Pogba was the right decision on this occasion. I remember he failed to track Chamberlain in the game at OT when we scored the equaliser. Rooney, obviously, has been the biggest thorn in our side for years.. up there with Drogba.. and generally raises his game for us. Bar Valencia for Tuanzebe (who played well), nobody was 'rested' for anything other than tactical purposes.
The only reason he didn't get the result he was hoping for was that he came up against a pragmatic Arsenal side who didn't want to give United anything easy like we have in the past. The counter attacking style was largely nullified by a patient Arsenal and once we got the slice of luck for the goal, Jose's one-dimensional approach was laid bare for all to see.
If United fans do genuinely believe that he 'put all the eggs in one basket' on the day that Liverpool handed control of top 4 back to you - then I can only imagine that you would be furious at the unnecessary risk. Obvious to anyone, though, is that this is simply an excuse.
Come crawling out of the woodwork because you beat our Reserves who barely broke a sweat and next week when you are embarrassed by a team who actually give a monkeys you will be straight on the phone to TalkSport screaming "Wenger Out" again!
Your theory about the Liverpool result is bizarre given that game just barely finished before we kicked off and your attempt to explain away no Pogba, Blind, Bailly, Valencia and Rashford will
be made to look even sillier when all 5 start in the match that actually matters on Thursday!
But by all means cling to the delusion that Arsenal aren't done as a top club - it's the hope that kills you after all :-)